Jerichau NY Carlsberg

The above was written on the slide.

So, my first thought (obviously) was that this was a sculpture in New York, by the french artist Jerichau.

But no, I believe that its a portrait of Jens Adolph Jerichau, the Danish Sculptor. The statue is outside the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, the Art Gallery in Copenhagen.

Wow, almost an embarrassing mistake.

Bonus - OMG.I'm almost speechless on seeing this car.

Things To Do With Your Basement - #11

The Basement Christmas Party Space.

And because there are no windows, you  can make this your all-year-round Christmas Party Space.

Bonus - The extraordinary appetite of Tarrare

No More Solo Dining...

The Coronavirus Lockdown has been an intensely lonely experience, even for a introvert, with all meals being essentially...me.   A occasional visit from my animal housemate Reg, but he's not really much company really.

However, today... visiting for food with chums. Yay !

Bonus - Available to download, print and play - Cards Against Humanity - Family Edition.

Bonus 2 - Every US state split in half by population – the densest half and least dense half

Two Lovely Girls Beside Fletcher Rapids

 A nice, retro, calming slide for your windows wallpaper.

Bonus - Florida decides to mandate facemasks in public. The crazies speak out.  Uh-oh. 

Bonus 2 - Nearly 75 percent of all aluminum ever produced in USA is still in use today" due to recycling

Less Than Six Months Away

Yes, Christmas is less that six months away. And maybe YOU will get a visit from a very very creepy santa.

Bonus - Why Americans Eat Dessert for Breakfast

Oh Little Town of Plackton

Today, we have a slide of Plackton, in it's original Nottingham shire Riviera location. Two years later, it was moved to its current location.

One interesting fact about Plackton in the Middle Ages.  Thanks to a mis-reading of the bible, the local church that the order of numbers were 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 6 ... 5 .... 4 ... 7 .... 8 .... etc.  And the numbering stuck.  Children were taught by rote "One times Two is Two,   Two times Two is Six,   Three times  Two is Four,  Six times Two is Eight." and so on.

This local foible lasted for years, and no educated person would ever visit Plackton, but with the arrival of the M64 in the 1850's, confusion reigned, and slowly The Plackton System died out.  Interesting fact.

Bonus - The Flaming Lips do their bit for Social Distancing

Under The Dock

Actually, I like this slide. 

I don't know what it is about the slide that I like (possibly the cool calmness of it) but it just appeals to me.

Speaking of Docks, 

Bonus - The Runaway Duck

Meanwhile, Just Off The Coast of Zanzibar...

A small flotilla (nice word) of tramp steamers, pleasure craft, dredgers and 60-man canoes assemble, awaiting the chance to invade.

A slightly unusual photo from HMNZS Achoo, but one that is no better than the traditional "view of the sea and sky, with a squint horizon" slide that we usually see.

Bonus - 

Beware !!!

Beware ... This baby is on the verge of ... blowing chunks.    You have been warned.

Bonus - The Astounding Physics of N95 Masks

A Perfect Father's Day

In most of the world, today, the third Sunday in June is Father's Day, so today's slide honours fathers everywhere.

Mr Brian Coldicott, of Nu Joisey, is celebrating the day in his favourite hammock (he has eight to chose from) and is awaiting his third beer of the afternoon.   We salute you Brian.

Bonus - A low speed crash at Aberdeen Airport.

Bonus 2 - Never discount the idiot's potential for causing chaos.

The Good Life

Sunshine -  boat - fishing - ocean - glass of booze - adoring wife in a silly hat.

Ah, This is the life.

Bonus - 'Into The Wild' bus removed from Alaska wilderness.  Or for more info, wikipedia

Where The Big Nobs Hang Out

This is, I believe, Monaco  - the Place de Palais, to be exact.  The Prince's Palace of Monaco is the official residence of the Sovereign Prince of Monaco. Built in 1191 as a Genoese fortress, during its long and often dramatic history it has been bombarded and besieged by many foreign powers. Since the end of the 13th century, it has been the stronghold and home of the Grimaldi family who first captured it in 1297.

Fact - Almost 30% of the population of Monaco was a millionaire in 2014, similar to Zurich or Geneva.

Bonus - 

A Collection Of Cute Cows.

I've actually spent most of today trying to decide if image is true, or if when I scanned it from the wrong side, effectively mirror-imaging it.

 

Ultimately, I decided that it didn't matter one jot. Them cows are long gone.

Bonus -

  Damn.  Edited to re-add the bonus

Little Pocahontas

I'm sure that nowadays, such a bit will provoke an outcry of Cultural Misappropriation, and the inevitable Daily Mail backlash - "You won'y believe what they're banning next."

Sigh.

It's a Mad World.

Bonus - Happy Birthday Iceland !

Bonus 2 - The scuttling of the Stellar Banner - GULP.  That's fast !!!

Bonus 3 - Google / Blogger.  I HATE your new blog post format.  Yeuch.

Brown Curtains and a Gold Lampshade

Why would someone take and keep this slide??

Bonus - White Country and Western band Lady Antebellum, reflecting the current Black Lives Matters / Racist Statue outcry, arenow ‘Lady A.’ But So Is a Blues Singer Who’s Used the Name for 20 Years

The Headless Handler

I'd like to pretend that the omission of this fellows head from the picture is a deliberate act, relating to the House Un-American Act hearings of the mid 1950s, but.... no.

Just a photographer more interested in Billy-Bob, and Bobby-Bill : a pair of Nairnshire Collies.  They're the best breed for herding Yaks.

Bonus - Brother makes video of strange phonecall.

Oh Noes. I dropped my keys !

"...straight down the drain.   Fetch me a wire coat-hanger.!

Bonus - The future of social distancing dining - One Person Restaurants.

Bonus - Humans Not Invited.

Bikini and Necklace

I was going to entitle this post as "Dirty - Girl on Beach", based upon the dirty condition of the slide, but, alas, I thought might attract the wrong sort of visitor.

I really like this slide, and I like the retro bikini style that she has - obviously, the outfit would not suit me, but I can admire it.

Bonus - In studies of people isolated in submarines, space stations or polar bunkers, researchers have found there appears to be an inflection point where the frustration and hardship of being cooped up inside gets suddenly harder to bear. […] there was panic buying and confusion, and then a “honeymoon period” when it felt novel and different to stay at home. “People are now saying they’re feeling really lonely,” Dr Norris said. In the psychological study of extreme confinement and isolation, this is known as the ‘third-quarter phenomenon’.  More

Journey's End.

I believe that this may be the New London to New Brighton Vintage car run, in Minnesota.

Actually, the mention of Minnesota makes me think of Minnesota Stan, the erstwhile blogger at TYWKIWDBI, a rather excellent Blog, from which I stole thos...

Bonus - The ancient Greeks had no word for "blue"

Scandi Church

If you had selected "Denmark" in the "Where is today's slide from?" quiz, then you may have believed that you won the £45.00 Jackpot. I mean...that flag... Danish, innit.

Alas, this is St. Jacobs Kyrka, in Stockholm.

Sorry, no prize for you.


Bonus - Scottish Parliament votes for immediate suspension of tear gas, rubber bullet and riot shield exports to US

Bonus 2 -

Mein Host

Your genial host tonight is ... this bloke.

I often try to work out when a slide location is.  Often, I fail.

Here, the presence of Llandudno Round Table and Willenhall Round Table pennant gives a hint. And the bar tap of Border Brewery (with a Red Dragon logo) all points to Norfolk.

No, Wrexham area, I meant to say.


Bonus : I'm trying to resist the hype regarding George Floyd, but ...  Minneapolis Police slashing the tyres of protesters.
You can think of an appropriate interjection here.

The Looms of Rochdale

A slide of of "Old Rosie", the most famous Cross-Weft, triple-ply Overlocking Loom in the world. 

She's been in operation in Ahmed Arkwright's Factory for the past 184 years (apart from a brief 3 year period in Moldova in the 1920s) and is still going strong.

Bonus - The patterns beneath your feet.

A Visit To Capital City

Yup.   A visit to the state capital always calls for gentleman to get all dressed up.  On this case, Billy-Bob and Billy-Bob Junior were visiting the folks at Capital City Penitentiary.

Bonus - Population density of US with UK equivalents

Ragged Street Urchins

 A Trio of Cheeky Urchins, which judging by fashions in other slides in the box, date from the early 1950's.

I've always been intrigued by the apparent non-connection between Street Urchins and Sea Urchins. However, the connection is Hedgehogs.Obviously.

Bonus -  Irene Triplett, last person to collect an American civil war pension, dies at 90

Bonus 2 - Walkies

Prom Night

Janey's looking forward to a night of dancing, necking and... maybe... being crowned Homecoming Queen.
Kevin's thinking of her boobies.

Bonus - On the subject of despicable people, Absolute ****s
Killing of elephant with explosive-laden fruit causes outrage in India
Trump condemned for saying George Floyd is praising US economy

Bonus 2 - On the other hand...

Last Day In The Office

No, Not Me !

This bloke. Mr Henry Crump. Chief Executive Officer of Bothwick Baths inc.

Here he  is with Chief Accountant Albert Albertson, and Secretary / PA / Model for the enamel bath range - Mrs Edith Scronk.

The original slide had an overpowered red cast , but it looks OK as a sepia tinted slide.

Bonus.  UK has 40,000 Coronavirus deaths, the economy is tanked, and prospects are bleak.   We need something to make us laugh.
"Britain needs new Royal Yacht Britannia to provide 'morale boost', says former trade minister"

Found it !

Chuckles meets The Grandparents

Not every slide requires a sneer.

Some are just, well, wholesome.

Bonus - People Killer By Police Forces - Country Comparison

Band On Parade

I've said it before, and I'll say it again.

Americans Love their Street Parades.

Bonus - Whatever Next

The Dolph Hotel

Most folk assume that this is a 1970's slide of the Dolphin Hotel in Southampton, and most folk are almost right.

This is actually The Dolph Hotel, which was named in 1767 for the yet-to-be-born actor Dolph Lundgren. As your'll see from the comparable view from Google, things don't change much in Southampton

Interesting, no?



Bonus 1 - Rock Climbing Ping Pong

Bonus 2 : For most of today, this was the top story on the Derby Telegraph webshite.

Travelling Into The Past

Not a great slide, in terms of photographic quality or condition, but very evocative of the time.

Would be an interesting CD Cover for, oh, some Ska-Polka-Death Metal combo.

Bonus - I got a new pair of gloves today, but they’re both ‘lefts,’ which on the one hand is great, but on the other, it’s just not right.

Bonus 2 -